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Preface In the early 1970s, networks that interconnected computers and terminals began to appear. The primary motivations were to share expensive computing resources and minimize data transmission costs. Since that time, the rapid proliferation of minicomputers and personal computers has...

AcknowledgmentsMore than any other type of book, a book about writing is a collaboration. Countless people whose names do not appear on the cover have helped us sort out the rules, guidelines, and opinions that form this book. Others have helped us in the expression of those rules; still others...